Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
Commandment – come not near unto adultery; surely, it is a foul thing and an evil way [17:33] And come not near unto adultery; surely, it is a foul thing and an evil way. [24:4] The adulterer (or fornicator) shall not marry but an adulteress (or fornicatress) or an idolatrous woman, […]
Geopolitical Diary APRIL 1, 2015 | The Obama administration has slipped past self-imposed deadlines and minced words over red lines before. Although certainly an embarrassment for the White House, another missed deadline in the seemingly never-ending Iran nuclear negotiations — which stretched beyond the latest deadline of March 31 — […]
425. Commandment – Punishment for those who make false and defamatory statements about chaste women [24:5] And those who calumniate chaste women but bring not four witnesses — flog them with eighty stripes, and never admit their evidence thereafter, and it is they that are the transgressors, [24:6] Except those who repent thereafter […]
B PERMIT Starting over in Switzerland By Catherine McLean swissinfo.ch FEB 4, 2015 – 11:00 Jwan Othman and Media Joulak attend German classes each day, taking turns watching the children (Catherine McLean / swissinfo.ch) Jwan Othman and Media Joulak sit down on a black couch in the tidy main […]
SUFISM AND DREAMS A gypsy came to a Sufi master as he often received a small amount in charity from him. One day the gypsy told him about his dream, about which the master was very astonished. At the same time the son of an important official came to visit […]
AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday closed its border with Syria for security reasons, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. The agency quoted Interior Minister Hussein Majali as saying that passenger and cargo traffic across the border was halted as a result of escalating violence in the Syrian town of […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Wednesday, 01 April 2015 MOSCOW – A leading Russian Muslim group has issued a fatwa against the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) and called it “enemy of Islam”, amid increasing threats to the faith that is mistakenly associated with the militant group. “The followers of ISIS are […]
BY STEPHEN BATTAGLIO LOS ANGELES TIMES Reza Aslan will be at the University of Toledo speaking on “Youth Revolt: The Future of the New Middle East.” CNN is looking to a higher power in its quest to get new viewers. The cable news network’s original series lineup for 2016 includes […]
End of Time Prophecies, Apocalypse & Eschatology Editor’s Note: This is from the website ‘Discovering Islam’ http://www.discoveringislam.org/end_of_time.htm Editor’s Note: As the author’s of this website expect Imam Mahdi to appear by the latest in 2016, can we tell them that if they are right, we will follow […]
US & CANADA Surveilling UK Muslims ‘cradle to grave’ New report details ‘McCarthy-like’ police surveillance and discrimination against the Muslim community. Simon Hooper | 26 Feb 2014 Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg was arrested on terrorism-related offenses on Tuesday [Reuters] London, United Kingdom – Muhammad still does not know […]
HUMAN RIGHTS UK parties target ‘extremism’ as election approaches Critics say the UK’s home secretary is using Muslims as a ‘political punchbag’ in a bid to shore up right-wing support. Simon Hooper | 28 Mar 2015 London, United Kingdom – The British government has been accused of declaring “political […]
Today, the word ‘Jihad’ has become a popular justification for horrible deeds such as suicide bombing, beheading and killing in general among some so called Muslims. But what is Jihad? I will get back to that later but it ISN’T the common definition: ‘Holy war’ . Islam never support killing […]
423. Commandment – Punishment for adulteress and the adulterer [24:3] The adulteress and the adulterer (or the fornicatress and the fornicator) — flog each one of them with a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain take hold of you in executing the judgment of Allah, if you believe in […]
424. Commandment – Those of your women who are guilty of lewdness — call to witness four of you against them; and if they bear witness, then confine them to the houses until death overtake them or Allah open for them a way [4:16] And those of your women who are […]
Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:29PM Hamid Baeidinejad (L), an Iranian nuclear negotiator, speaks with press about negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program outside the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 31, 2015. © AFP A senior member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team says Tehran and the P5+1 group […]
Lihi Ben ShitritMahmoud Jaraba| The Daily Star A close look at the results of this Israeli parliamentary election in comparison to the 2013 election reveals no significant movement on the balance of power between the left and right blocs in the country. But the decision to raise the minimum share […]
421. Commandment – O Joseph, turn away from this [12:30] ‘O Joseph, turn away from this and thou, O woman, ask forgiveness for thy sin. Certainly, thou art of the guilty.’
422. Commandment – O woman, ask forgiveness for thy sin [12:30] ‘O Joseph, turn away from this and thou, O woman, ask forgiveness for thy sin. Certainly, thou art of the guilty.’
By Duc-Quang Nguyen and Anand Chandrasekhar MAR 23, 2015 – 10:59 The courtship scenes in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) put Switzerland firmly on the tourist map for many Indians (Keystone) To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Indian film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, that was extensively filmed in Switzerland, swissinfo.ch […]